Shuttered PATH stop is big Rockland commuter headache

Long NYC trips cost Rocklanders more

11:26 PM,
Dec. 2, 2012

Dennis Graiani of New City arrives Tuesday at the Nanuet train station. He is among the many Rockland County commuters spending more time traveling to New York since Superstorm Sandy flooded the PATH train station in Hoboken, N.J.

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With the PATH train station still closed in Hoboken, N.J., many Rockland County train riders continue to endure longer, costlier and more stressful trips to lower Manhattan than they did before Superstorm Sandy.

What's even more frustrating, riders say, is not knowing when the station will reopen and their commutes will return to normal.

Sandy caused an estimated $300 million in damage to the PATH train system, officials said, including the Hoboken station, where Rockland riders often transfer from NJ Transit trains. ...